Newbie totally out of his depth!
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 9:17 am
I always wanted to get into strategic wargames, but always found them a little dry and impenetrable and thus they remained tantalisingly out of my reach...
Then along came UOC and all the reviews from my favourite sites suggested it would be just the thing to cut my teeth on.
I downloaded and played the demo and the two starting scenarios, liked what I saw and purchased the game...at which point the wheels came off!
I can't even get past the first campaign mission, let alone any of the scenarios. Games always seem to go the same way - I get cut off from supply in the first few turns and then stay cut off until the game ends, most of my troops reduced to an inert part of the scenery for the duration.
I fight a bitter war of attrition and when it gets to the point where I am starting to dominate, numerically at least, I hit the turn limit and it is game over.
I must be missing utter fundamentals here, but I just can't put my finger on the right strategy - it always seems that the enemy's supply lines are a little out of my reach to begin with and, with the exception of the armoured units, all my infantry seem inferior or at best, doomed to a stalemate in attack.
Any ideas on where to start?
Cheers!
Then along came UOC and all the reviews from my favourite sites suggested it would be just the thing to cut my teeth on.
I downloaded and played the demo and the two starting scenarios, liked what I saw and purchased the game...at which point the wheels came off!
I can't even get past the first campaign mission, let alone any of the scenarios. Games always seem to go the same way - I get cut off from supply in the first few turns and then stay cut off until the game ends, most of my troops reduced to an inert part of the scenery for the duration.
I fight a bitter war of attrition and when it gets to the point where I am starting to dominate, numerically at least, I hit the turn limit and it is game over.
I must be missing utter fundamentals here, but I just can't put my finger on the right strategy - it always seems that the enemy's supply lines are a little out of my reach to begin with and, with the exception of the armoured units, all my infantry seem inferior or at best, doomed to a stalemate in attack.
Any ideas on where to start?
Cheers!